Chapter 297 Coercion (2)
Wang Gui was not a good person at first, so he was anxious and didn't know what to say. He only knew that he would never leave Erji in the hands of the Wang brothers. Therefore, he kept kowtowing like a chicken pecking at rice, and kept saying: "Big Master, Second Master, this is not possible, this is not possible."
Wang Kefu pulled Wang Gui up and said, "Wang Gui, be honest, are you really helping us brothers with your heart?"
Wang Gui nodded quickly and said, "Of course, the villain is of course sincerely helping the eldest and second masters to do their business."
Wang Kefu said, "Isn't that going to be together? I know you are worried that your son will be hurt at our hands, but if you sincerely help our brothers, how can we hurt your son? Unless you don't plan to help our brothers at all, we won't blame us." When he said the last sentence, his tone became stern.
However, Wang Gui was speechless and could not say a word, because if he admitted that he really wanted to help Wang Kexing and Wang Kefu do things, he really didn't have to worry about leaving his son in the hands of the Wang brothers. But if he didn't admit that he really wanted to help Wang Kexing and Wang Kefu do things, he might lose his head now. What's wrong? Wang Gui had no idea for a while.
Seeing that he froze Wang Gui with his words, Wang Kefu patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, that's it. You've been out for a while. You bought the things early and went back to the village. If you go back late, it may make overseas Chinese suspicious. As long as you do your brothers well, the benefits of your father and son will be indispensable in the future." As he said that, he reached out and took out a piece of silver worth ten taels in his arms and stuffed it into Wang Gui's hand, and said, "You can use these ten taels of silver first. If you find out any news, we will still have a reward."
Having said this, Wang Gui knew it was irreversible. It seemed that the Wang brothers said today that they would take their son down as hostages, otherwise they would not even be able to go back. After thinking about it, there was no other way. He could only leave his son behind and think about it again and again. So Wang Gui had to nod and said, "Okay, but the eldest young master, the second young master, the child is ignorant. If there is any offense, please take more responsibility."
Wang Kefu said, "Don't worry, why are we sceptical about a child? After you go back, you will tell the people in the village to leave Erji in a friend's shop in Jiaozhou City as an apprentice, don't let others doubt you, do you understand?"
Wang Gui nodded, but he could only do this. He advised his son to listen to the Wang brothers honestly and not annoy them. He would come and pick him up in a few days. Then the Wang brothers agreed with Wang Gui that the Wang brothers would send someone to Wangjiazhai Village to find Wang Gui in the name of collecting accounts, and made an appointment for the signal of the contact; if Wang Gui goes shopping in the city, the two parties will still meet in this alley; at the same time, he told Wang Gui that he should pay attention to the information and so on. Wang Gui also agreed one by one.
After saying that, the Wang brothers escorted Wang Gui's er-je and entered through the small door that had just come out, and closed the door with a "bang!". Wang Gui was stunned for a while and had to call Wang Ji. Wang Ze's two children pushed another wheelbarrow to sell meat at the butcher shop. If they didn't buy meat, it would definitely arouse suspicion from overseas Chinese. At the same time, they repeatedly reminded the two of them not to tell anyone about this after returning to the village.
After the Wang brothers and their group entered the house, Wang Kefu immediately asked someone to take Wang Qing down and lock him up, and get him some food, so as not to make things difficult for him. After all, Wang Qing had to be used to coerce Wang Gui. It turned out that this room was Wang Kefu's residence in Jiaozhou City.
After Wang Kexing and Wang Kefu escaped from Jiaozhou City, they rushed to Gaomi County to find their sister Wang Yinfeng, and hoped to get help from their brother-in-law's family. Although they did not expect their brother-in-law to help him deal with overseas Chinese, they could still do some money or help him find some tricks.
When his brother-in-law heard that Wangjiazhai was destroyed and was done by overseas Chinese, he changed his face on the spot. He shook his sleeves and said that he had something to do and left. He did not meet them the next day, nor did he arrange his servants to wait for the Wang brothers' daily life and food.
It turns out that Wang Yinfeng's husband's surname is Li, and his in-laws is Li Wanqing. He is the Dianshi of Gaomi County. He is responsible for the arrest, prison and other affairs of a county. Their family belongs to the Dianshi of generations. It is passed down to Li Wanqing's fifth generation. Because it is a family-born technology, all the magistrates rely very much on their family, otherwise they will not even be caught by a prisoner. Li Wanqing is also training his son Li Chengliang, who is Wang Yinfeng's husband, and plans to let Er Zhi take over his own shift in another three to five years.
Dianshi is an unclassified civil servant. Although it is outside the ninth rank, it is also a formal establishment of the court, one level higher than ordinary officials. Therefore, he is very concerned about the official documents and residences of the court. Naturally, he knows that the Shandong Governor's Office has been ordered to go to various places and should not conflict with overseas Chinese. He also knows what overseas Chinese are and knows that this is not a huge force that a person like him can afford.
The marriage between the Wang and Li families was originally a combination of interests, because as grassroots officials in the local area, they naturally had to handle the relationship with local powerful households, let alone a powerful tyrant like the Wang family. However, now the Wang family has been destroyed by the governor's yamen that the overseas Chinese cannot be provoked. At this time, the Li family certainly did not dare to wade into this muddy water to avoid causing trouble.
Wang Kexing and Wang Kefu are also very smart people. Seeing this, they understood seven or eight minutes. Therefore, they felt that it was not very meaningful to stay in the Li family, so they said goodbye to their younger sister Wang Yinfeng. Wang Yinfeng was thinking about family affection. Although he couldn't help much, he took out the private money he saved and gave it to the Wang brothers, and asked them to take it to the event to avenge the family.
It was when the Wang brothers used the money, so they took the money given by their sister and left the Li family. Now the government has no hope, and the Li family has also separated from themselves. Therefore, the Wang brothers have only one last place to go, which is to go to Wang Kexing's brother-in-law, the Shandong giant bandit Hei Fenghu.
Heifenghu's real name is Zheng Yihu. His father Zheng Lun turned out to be a sworn brother with Wang Zhanyuan. When they were young, they joined forces to rob the house and do business without capital. A few years later, they reached more than 100 people. Later, Wang Zhanyuan saved up a sum of money and wanted to go ashore, so he took more than 20 brothers to Wangjia Village to be landlords, while Zheng Lun continued to do the underworld business.
However, the two of them have never broken off contact. Firstly, they have lived and died together, and this relationship is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Secondly, they also need to help each other. Zheng Lun's robbery of property should have channels for disposal, food and weapons, and Wang Zhanyuan also needs someone to help him do something shameful.
As a result, the two benefited each other and learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses. Their respective careers were very progressive. Wang Zhanyuan gained a firm foothold in Wangjiazhai. After Zheng Lun annexed several small bandits, his power became increasingly greater and he established a parcel in Wulian Mountain in Qingzhou Prefecture. The bandits became one of the forces, and the relationship between the two became closer. So they formed a family of children and Wang Kexing married Zheng Lun's daughter Zheng Cuiping.
After Zheng Lun's death, his son Zheng Yihu succeeded him, and at this time there were 7 or 8 o people in the village, including 5 o people who could fight and kill. Due to the support of the Wang family, there were more than 6 o horses and more than 8 o single rifles, and even two small cannons. In the area of central Lu, there were quite famous bandits in the village. Several nearby bandits had to pay tribute to his village. Even local officials dared not provoke them easily. The government offered a reward of 5 o 2 silver to capture Zheng Yihu.
The Wang brothers came to Zheng Yihu's village and told Zheng Yihu about his own experience. After hearing this, Zheng Yihu couldn't help but be furious, just like the Wang brothers who said on the spot that he would definitely help them avenge and retake the Wang family village.
On the one hand, the friendship between the Wang and Zheng families is indeed different. Moreover, Zheng Yihu's sister Zheng Cuiping was captured by overseas Chinese and was said to have been captured in Qingdao. This is a close relative of the family. On the other hand, Wangjia Village was destroyed, which also cut off the support of Zheng Yihu's clerk. If the bandits want to be a climate, they must have channels for selling dirty and purchasing weapons and food, because for bandits, the real gold and silver they robbed were not as good as robbing food, and weapons were useful. Therefore, the real gold, silver or other valuables they robbed were necessary for food and weapons. It can be said that without the support of Wangjia Village, the Zheng family would not be able to reach its current scale. This is the most fatal blow.
Of course, Zheng Yihu was born as a bandit after all, with a simple mind and a broad vision. He thought very simply. Since Wangjia Village was destroyed and his support was cut off, he would take his men back and hand it over to the Wang brothers to take over. In this way, his support would be restored? As for who was the overseas Chinese who destroyed Wangjia Village, although Zheng Yihu had heard some rumors, he didn't know much. He could only ask the Wang brothers.
In fact, the Wang brothers knew very well that relying solely on the strength of Zheng Yihu's village, it was impossible to compete with overseas Chinese. Even if they could regain their Wangzhai, they would definitely not be able to defend themselves. When the overseas Chinese army arrived, they would still have to escape.
Chapter completed!